Oak Avenue/14th Street briefly closed due to gas leak

MARSHFIELD – A broken valve on a propane tank at Superior Gas closed traffic on 14th Street between Locust and Chestnut avenues for about an hour Friday.

The Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department was dispatched to the scene, 212 W. 14th St., at about 10:30 a.m., after a propane tank workers had been upgrading had slipped off a stand and a valve broke off, leaking propane into the air.

There was never any danger of the gas igniting, firefighters said, despite the fact propane could be faintly smelled from across the street.

Firefighters helped ventilate the building so workers could repair the broken valve once a replacement could be located.